(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa before the persecution started in 1999. The bronchitis that had tormented me since childhood was cured. My relatives witnessed the changes in me and supported me in practicing Dafa.
However, after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Dafa, I was arrested several times, detained, and even fired from my job. My relatives worried about me. They were afraid that I would be persecuted again, so they kept putting pressure on me to give up Falun Dafa.
My brother-in-law was a middle school mathematics teacher. He is a down-to-earth person with an easy-going personality and a very kind manner. He was very anxious about my situation. He believed the CCP propaganda that smeared Dafa and was reluctant to listen to me. When I urged him to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations, he was adamant that he wouldn’t do so, and he sometimes said disrespectful things about Falun Dafa.
After his retirement, he and his wife often traveled and enjoyed a leisurely life. But a few years ago, he suddenly had a stroke, and although he recovered well, it aged him. Although only in his 60s, he looked like someone in his 80s or 90s.
In 2021, he suffered a herniated disc and was in severe pain; by the spring of 2022, my sister pushed him into a wheelchair when he went for treatment. He had two minor surgeries in June, but he suddenly developed a severe cough and shortness of breath.
He was transferred to a regular hospital and was diagnosed with a severe upper respiratory infection. He was admitted to the ICU and had tubes inserted in many parts of his body. He was there for seven days before being transferred to a regular ward.
After the breathing tube was removed, he still couldn’t swallow on his own, and it was possible he could choke on food and cause a secondary infection. He thus had to undergo a tracheotomy and be fed through a nasogastric tube. He was released home.
At home, we took turns taking care of him. During the day, his sister looked after him, and his wife, daughter, and I would be there during the night shift. Whenever it was my turn, I would study the Fa, do the exercises, and clear out his mucous often.
After a couple of days, he suddenly started hiccuping and could not stop, which meant nothing could be put into his nasogastric tube. My concern grew, and I felt I could not wait any longer to clarify the facts about Falun Dafa to him.
When he woke up, his hiccuping occurred nonstop. I said to him: “I am so sorry to see you suffer this way; we are family. I sincerely hope you will recover from this soon. I do not mind taking care of you, but it breaks my heart to see you in such agony. Master Li (the founder of Falun Dafa) is merciful; as long as you can sincerely recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” he will protect and bless you.”
“Falun Dafa is the Buddha Fa, which teaches people to be good and kind, and all the smear campaigns against Falun Dafa are lies. The “self-immolation on Tiananmen Square” was staged to instigate people’s hatred toward Falun Dafa and its followers.
“Isn’t the CCP harming people with lies? Falun Dafa is a spiritual practice of the Buddha school, but when people believe the slanderous propaganda broadcast on TV, they hate, abuse, and slander Falun Dafa. Doesn’t this make people commit the grave sin of slandering the Buddha Fa? Over the years, Dafa disciples have told people the facts about Dafa—even though it could jeopardize their safety—just so people will know the truth, no longer slander Falun Dafa out of ignorance, and commit sins.”
He quietly listened to what I said. When we finally put him to bed, it was approaching 11 p.m. I was on duty to care for him that night. I began doing the Dafa exercises near his bed, and after a few minutes, I noticed that the intervals between hiccups became longer. Twenty minutes later, he was asleep and slept soundly for the rest of the night. He didn’t hiccup again.
He woke up very happy and moved his hand up and down, trying to tell me something. I gave him a pen and a notebook. He wrote: “I feel great today!”
I asked, “Did you recite the auspicious phrases I told you about from your heart?” He nodded his head.
His daughter woke up and asked: “Does my dad still hiccup?”
“No, he was cured by your aunt.”
“No, not me. It was Master Li (Dafa’s founder) who gave your father a chance. As long as we sincerely recite the auspicious phrases, miracles will happen, and we will be blessed.”
A critical illness finally awakened my brother-in-law; he learned the truth and also quit the CCP and its organizations. His story touched his loved ones as well. My sister and niece also began reciting the phrases and reminded him to continue to do so. He recovered quickly after that. One month later, his nasogastric tube was removed, and he was able to talk.
I gave him more Dafa information materials. After hearing the cultivation stories of practitioners, he was often moved to tears, held his hands together, and said: “Thank you, Master.”
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